This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A student driver's nightmare.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

A giant scrawl on the skyline of south London.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.